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Acronym: A word typically made up of the first letters of two or more words; for example, BASIC stands for "Beginners All purpose Symbolic Instruction Code." Letters within a word...; Full Acronym Definition >>

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Acronyms Master (exe): Acronyms Master tool is a unique solution for acronyms management. This tool has been specially designed for those who work with technical documentation, engineers, scientists, and technical communicators. Acronyms Master analyses the contents of the document, finds all acronyms, and creates the table of acronyms at the end of the...; Tags: Acronym, Tool, Acronyms Master, Acronyms Master Tool, Productivity; Software downloads 2008-01-11
AcronymGenie (exe): A simple desktop program that lets you look up the expansion of a computer acronym, abbreviation or initialism using an offline database. It covers most of the computer-related fields including information technology, Internet, chat, programming, networking, graphics etc. AcronymGenie lets you search the database with full reverse lookup facility. This...; Tags: Acronym, Computer, Productivity, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; Software downloads 2007-12-11
TEXT MESSAGE TUTOR (exe): Learn and memorize text message and other acronyms quickly and easily with this program. Comes with over 2000 text message and other important acronyms. You can also create your own lists of acronyms by copying and pasting from any text source. The on-screen exercises use an effective memorization technique that...; Tags: Acronym, Productivity; Software downloads 2007-11-14
Hooray! 'SOA' voted most 'confusing acronym of the year': I guess Mrs. Pedrick, my eighth-grade English teacher, would not be happy to hear that I regularly discuss and promote and disseminate the world's most confusing acronym. But alas, 'SOA' has made the top of this year's list from the Global Language Monitor. Not just the top...; Tags: Acronym, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2007-11-05
ZFS, HW RAID, and expensive mis-apprehensions: Last week frequent contributor _dietrich drew everyones attention to a piece by Timothy Morgan comparing various low to mid range Unix and Windows servers from a "bang for the buck" perspective. Its an interesting piece of work and one I wish Id done despite Morgans politically...; Tags: Sun Solaris, Operating systems, Performance management, Servers, duck, Unix, TPC/C, acronym, Sun Microsystems Inc., performance, server; Blog posts 2006-12-20

Teen Chat Decoder Acronym Lookup Software (exe): This free Teen Chat Acronym Decoder lets you 'Crack The Secret Code' your teen uses online, in Chat Rooms, online chats, Instant Messages, & Text Messages. This is an awesome software for parents because it gives you an inside look into your teenagers online life. Software is also certified spyware...; Tags: Teen, Software, Acronym, Tools & Techniques, Management; Software downloads 2006-08-11
Chat Acronyms Widget (zip): The Chat Acronyms widget allows you to quickly look up definitions of acronyms and abbreviations used in online chat, instant messaging, bulletin boards, E-mail, and text messaging. Unsure of what a certain acronym means. Use this dashboard widget to look up the meaning of any acronym you don't understand.; Tags: Acronym, Sharpened Productions, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, E-mail, Instant Messaging, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Internet; Software downloads 2006-06-16
Using SVM to Extract Acronyms From Text: This paper addresses the problem of extracting acronyms and their expansions from text. The paper proposes a Support Vector Machines SVM based approach to deal with the problem. First, all likely acronyms are identified using heuristic rules. Second, expansion candidates are generated from surrounding text of acronyms. Last, SVM model...; Tags: Acronym, Springer Science+Business Media; White papers 2006-04-07
Forty years of acronymophobia: In response to Dan Farber's blog entry (see Gartner predicts: All roads lead to SOA) and column regarding one of the major themes at this Fall's Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, Mark Lewis asks "What is SOA?" All too often, acronyms like SOA emerge from the keyboards of journalists like Dan Farber and me without a...; Tags: RTE, SOA; Blog posts 2004-10-19

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The full cost of ADHD includes ignorance: The full cost of ADHD includes ignoranceare you a real doctor or like a Doctor Pepper?From your column "In females it displays differently, often as passivity, which means it often goes undiagnosed."Passivity? FYI, "passivity" is one of the symptoms of ADHD. Concentrate and try to answer the question, do you...; Tags: Games, ADHD; Discussion threads 2008-07-14
First MISO, then GISMO, next GOAT?: First MISO, then GISMO, next GOAT?vinnie mirchandaniDennis,in terms of enterprise penetration and utility Oracle outstrips the other 3 but not on innovation or value for money..and that is even after burdening Apple with ATT's TCO. Oracle is spray painting slim slivers of innovation on products which are 10-30 years old...; Tags: Leadership, first MISO, Gismo, MISO; Discussion threads 2008-07-14
First MISO, then GISMO, next GOAT?: Awhile back my Irregular chums came up with MISO as the acronym to describe the main enterprise players of the time: Microsoft, IBM, SAP and Oracle. We also quipped that could change to include Google and so with a little creative thought we ended up with GISMO. Last week's Apple...; Tags: Google Inc., Oracle Corp., Steve Gillmor, Apple Inc., 3G, Operational Planning, Advertising & Promotion, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Business Operations, Marketing, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-07-14
Harry Potter and the da Vinci book of Soduku: Harry Potter and the da Vinci book of SodukuIt's called Sudoku.Amazing in how may ways you spell that word in your blog.... :-)Linguistically laymanComplicated? Sure it is! But, without trying to sound absurd, I always thought Sherman Morgan was the older, alter ego to Harry Potter in a...; Tags: Harry Potter, Internet, Soduku; Discussion threads 2008-07-09
Linux-based cell phone drops July 4: Linux-based cell phone drops July 4I'll be getting an iPhone insteadI've been told on these forums that I should only buy the phone that has generated the most excitement in the press, even if it is big, bulky, heavy, has lousy resolution, and uses a technically inferior OS. That is...; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Operating systems, phone, operating system, Apple iPhone, cell phone; Discussion threads 2008-07-02
Want XP on your new Dell? $50, please: Want XP on your new Dell? $50, pleaseWindows Vista all the way!I haven't used Windows XP since January 2007. Windows Vista is so much better than Windows XP. When will people wake-up and see Windows Vista as the best, most secure, operating system currently available?how about a no...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, MS OS, Microsoft Windows XP, Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, operating system, Microsoft Windows, computer; Discussion threads 2008-06-18
Cloud computing meets capitalism: We all become a business of one: Folks spend a lot of time talking about cloud computing. It's a move back to the mainframe. Cloud computing democratizes IT infrastructure. The cloud will be the reason Amazon and Google will be the dominant players on the Internet. You have heard a lot of it before. But the real...; Tags: Google Inc., YouTube Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Lindsay, Cloud Computing, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-06-10
What is Enterprise 2.0?: I'll be in Boston for the US Enterprise 2.0 conference next week. I'm looking forward to meeting face to face with a lot of people I converse with via Twitter (I'm @olivermarks on that platform when it's working...) and other digital connections, seeing old friends, and particularly...; Tags: Information Technology, Enterprise 2.0, Conference, Tool, Oliver Marks; Blog posts 2008-06-05
The Netbooks are coming: Laptop cannibalization today; Smartphone war tomorrow?: The message out of Computex this week is loud and clear: The Netbooks are coming. Intel is touting its Atom processor. Acer is on the board with its Aspire one. Microsoft is adapting Windows to the Netbook market. Nvidia says Netbooks will be graphics intensive. The big question: Are buyers...; Tags: Computex, Device, Acer Inc., Smartphone, Laptop Computer, Netbooks, Computing Device, Smart Phones, Microsoft Windows, Notebooks, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-06-03
Get Out!: Get Out!How about ....TUI versus GUI .. what do business's REALLY want for a accounting system.And .. DOES GUI in a business application really speed production?OR ISAM versus SQL, which is better for a company.or .. Do Business's REALLY use ISAM then post to SQL ?NamesYou don't want Fat Alpha...; Tags: Linux, GET OUT!; Discussion threads 2008-06-02
Buses as mobile sensing platforms?: According to European researchers, modern buses could be used as mobile sensing platforms, sending out live information to be used to control traffic and detect road hazards. The 3.83 million euro EU-funded MORYNE project was completed in March 2008 with a test in Berlin, Germany. During this test, the researchers...; Tags: Mobile, Sensor, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-05-26